A converted warehouse with a controversial history - The Hat Factory by Welsh + Major

From the architect -
The Hat Factory, built on Gadigal Land, has survived fire, police invasion, and countless parties…..It’s been a hat factory, a printers, a squat and a ‘social-centre’. Now it enters a new phase of its life.
The Hat Factory unpicks the romantic ideal of living in a warehouse - the 2 dwellings are permeable rather than hermetic - they are more like a pair of glass houses held within a masonry slipper than loft style apartment building. As vessels for knowledge they retain memories of the past, at the same time offering a way to deliver compact, flexible urban living into the future.
Architecture by Welsh + Major
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Still photography by Anthony Basheer
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Video by Tommy Devy
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